Dolefully
Dolefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house
Dolorously and dolefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dolorously" instead an adverb "Dolefully".
Nearby Word: doleful
Dolorously
Dolorously adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: another country singer wailing dolorously about the faithless woman who done him wrong
Dolefully and dolorously are semantically related. You can use "Dolefully" instead an adverb "Dolorously".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and dolefully
- bitterly and dolorously
- ruefully and dolefully
- ruefully and dolorously
- painfully and dolefully
- painfully and dolorously
- dejectedly and dolefully
- dejectedly and dolorously
- sadly and dolefully
- sadly and dolorously
- woefully and dolefully
- woefully and dolorously
- dismally and dolefully
- dismally and dolorously
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